The Romantic Rebellion ~ Eric Newton
London: Longmans‚ 1962‚ Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
*** First Edition ***

CONDITION NOTES

Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper spotted on the lower panel. Hinge weak at the title page. Text complete‚ clean and tight.

ABOUT THIS BOOK

Contains: Black & white photographs; Black & white drawings;

From the cover: “Romantic is a word that has slowly shifted its meaning during the last three centuries until‚ today‚ it covers a range of moods‚ both in life and in the arts‚ that would have been incomprehensible to the seventeenth and bewildering to the eighteenth century. Yet‚ as one looks back over the history of civilization‚ romantic urges can be traced in the poetry of Homer‚ the sculpture of Scopas‚ the painting of Giorgione and even in the music of Bach. Such a word clearly needs defining‚ and in this book Eric Newton brilliantly analyses the Romantic element in so far as it finds expression in the visual arts.

He suggests that the three main s…

  • 9” x 6”
  • pp. 224
  • Index.
  • Dustwrapper over Black boards‚ with Gilt titling to the Spine.
  • Packed Weight: 1.20 Kg.



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